(ANSA) - VIENNA, SEPT. 26 - Friuli Venezia Giulia as the Silk
Road terminal and its strategic relationship with China made
further progress today in Vienna.
The president of the Autonomous Region of FVG Debora
Serracchiani participated in the opening session of the
three-day ''Bridge for Cities. Belt and Road Initiative:
developing green economies for cities'' organised at the Vienna
International Center by the Unido (United Nations Industrial
Development Organization) and the Finance Center for South-South
Cooperation. ''An important event on which we have been working
for many months'', Serracchiani explained.
Sustainable development in the cities along the Silk Road marks
a turning point in relations with China, where the port of
Trieste stands out as the only reference point in Italy along
with Genoa in 'One Belt One Road', premier Paolo Gentiloni and
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on the occasion of the
Italian-China Forum. Friuli Venezia Giulia was the only Italian
region that took part in it''.
Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO) LI Yong and Chairman of the Finance Center
for South South Cooperation Cai E-Sheng signed the memorandum of
understanding for the collaboration between the two
organizations in the Belt and Road strategy which the Chinese
government is strongly committed to. Moreover, the World Bank
has already invested $ 8 billion in this project.
At the end of the introductory meeting, Serracchiani had
bilateral meetings with Li Yong and Cai E-Sheng, both attended
by Ambassador Maria Assunta Accili Sabbatini, permanent
representative of Italy at international organizations in
Vienna. The following meeting with the Director General of UNIDO
confirmed the special relationship between the Organization and
Friuli Venezia Giulia, the president said, ''which allowed us to
meet with China Investments first in Rome and then in Vienna,
and I am hoping this close relationship will soon result in
agreements''. (ANSA).
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